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Lucretius
OriginLatin clan name
Meaning"wealth"
About Lucretius
Lucretius is the name of the Roman philosopher who invented Epicureanism. But even in these days of old Roman name revival, Lucretius sounds a bit long-white-beardish, though it can be enlivened with the nickname Luc.
Pronounced loo-KREE-shus.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
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- Lucretius Brutus is the father of Lucretia
a benevolent and upright man, in Shakespeare's 1594 poem The Rape of Lucrece.
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